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Lunch/Dinner in the 'Hood (YYC)

I live in the 'hood (well, close--West Dover), and I'm looking for decent food nearby. I figure there must be good stuff on International Avenue, right? But then I've heard some bad stuff about the restaurants in the area, too (like service at the Ibex is supposed to be terrible, and I was horrified to learn that the East Gate has a long rap sheet with the Food Inspection Agency (or whatever they're called in Calgary)). But sometimes I just want something good, maybe a little out of the ordinary, and nearby.

There's a little bar within walking distance from my house called Oliver Green's (used to be Perry's Point of View), which has surprisingly good food. Unfortunately he got rid of his wonderful-sounding Mediterranean menu, but he still has a lot of good stuff. But what about the rest of West Dover? Dover? Forest Lawn? Forest Heights? Marlborough? I turn to you guys and gals because I figure if anyone will know, you will. Thanks!

Clay Oven (behind Sunridge Mall)Southern Spice (in taradale)Atlas Pizza (on memorial and madigan drive)There is a cute mexican place on international (right next to the gas station) where i buy take out tamales but they have sit down too!The Meditarianian Bakery on the corner of 17 ave and 52 street has great pita's and baklava for take out snacks.

Cakeworks maybe? Clay Oven: 349-3132 26 Street NE - just off 32nd Av, coming from Deerfoot you'd go East on 32nd, turn right onto 26th street which is just past the Husky (can't miss their big Canadian flag) then left into the strip mall parking lot.

Haven't been to Clay Oven myself but I have been a Cakeworks client til recently - not that there's anything wrong with their work just trying to DIY these days (it'd be nice to learn a few tricks of their trade for sure).

I work in the 'hood so I should be able to help a bit. -I really like La Casa Latina on 17th Ave SE. You must try the pork and cheese pupusas. Yum! -Tiffin Roti House is good for fast food indian. They have a buffet which is really tasty but sometimes not very spicy. - Short Pants Plaza (28th Street SE & 2nd (?) Avenue) has some great finds with Safari Grille for North African/Indian (they have a great lunch special w/1 meat curry, 1 veg curry, tandori chicken, naan & rice for under $10), Lloyds Jamaican Patties (mostly takeout though they have one small table), Village Pita for good chicken shwarma and stellar meat pies (be sure to add hot sauce and lemon juice!).- Pita Basket on Sunridge Way (I think...near Best Buy) has GREAT chicken shwarma. Very juicy and tasty!- Forbidden City in the same shopping center as T&T Market in Marlborough has really good dim sum every day for lunch. No carts, though, just order off the menu. The tea place in the T&T market has very good milk tea with bubbles too.

Hmm....all I can think of for now. As you can see, I LOVE to eat out & have done some exploring in the area.

Canada Dosa Corner does the best South Indian (and Sri Lankan) I've had here. It's at 1715-52ndSt SE (just north of 17th Ave).

Ate there a few days ago with several friends. One is from Chennai, another from Mangalore, two have lived in S India and the others have travelled there, so we all had probably unreasonable expectations.

We were absolutely stuffed on dosa, vada and stringhoppers. Stuffed and kept eating anyhow. All freshly made and perfectly delicious (heat-lamped vada can't hold a candle to fresh-from-the-fryer vada). Total was like $65, which is probably too cheap (keep in mind there were six adults and a toddler. I'm actually afraid the proprieter will run herself out of business at this rate). The halwa that came after was nice - not too sweet - and there was always a full pot of tea on the table.

Canada Dosa Corner gets instant placement on our frequent rotation (The Chennai-ite and Mangalorian have been there twice this week already).

Oh my gosh, thank you guys all so much! This is great! Marlborough Drive, huh? Is that the place next to where Food In East used to be (*sniffles in memoriam*)? I'm blanking on where Marlborough Drive is, which is embarrassing because I used to live in Marlborough!

Merry113, I wanted to try La Casa Latina on the weekend, but it was closed! I was very sad.

Has anyone tried Barrio Fiesta, on the corner of Memorial and 68th(I think)?

Cookiegal, can you give more detail on where to find the Mexican place by the gas station where you get tamales? Because if I can find it, I think that's dinner tonight.

No, you're right! I found it today! I think it's El Bombasa, though, not that that makes a huge difference. Unfortunately they only have corn tamales on weekdays (chicken on weekends), and I wanted something more substantial for dinner so I ended up buying fish at the grocery store. But I definitely want to go there to eat sometime!

Mimo (17th Ave SE) serves wonderful Portuguese food. It's a small family run place. I think Vine & Dine is doing a collaboration with them during Sept. It's usually a 6 course tasting menu paired with wine, for a fixed cost ($55). Checkout vineanddine.ca

Oh, these are great lists! Thank you! I notice that a lof of the ones listed on Urban Spoon don't exist anymore, though. Sad, because some of them were really good, and others sounded great but I think they're gone now.